diff --git a/OpenTelemetryPlan/05-configuration-reference.md b/OpenTelemetryPlan/05-configuration-reference.md
index 5d8e0cd105..d73fa729b9 100644
--- a/OpenTelemetryPlan/05-configuration-reference.md
+++ b/OpenTelemetryPlan/05-configuration-reference.md
@@ -415,6 +415,12 @@ exporters:
     tls:
       insecure: true
 
+  # Grafana Tempo for trace storage
+  otlp/tempo:
+    endpoint: tempo:4317
+    tls:
+      insecure: true
+
 service:
   pipelines:
     traces:
@@ -573,6 +579,17 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "3200:3200" # HTTP API
 
+  # Grafana Tempo for trace storage (recommended for production)
+  tempo:
+    image: grafana/tempo:2.7.2
+    container_name: tempo
+    command: ["-config.file=/etc/tempo.yaml"]
+    volumes:
+      - ./tempo.yaml:/etc/tempo.yaml:ro
+      - tempo-data:/var/tempo
+    ports:
+      - "3200:3200" # HTTP API
+
   # Grafana for dashboards
   grafana:
     image: grafana/grafana:10.2.3